The Process

To accomplish the task, you will need to do the following things:

1. Select a partner and have the partnership approved by Mrs. Bassi
2. Participate in the class discussion on Washington Irving and "The Devil and Tom Walker"
3. Go to the Internet and examine the following sites about Washington Irving and "The Devil and Tom Walker":
   1. http://www.hudsonvalley.org/education/Background/abt_irving/abt_irving.html -- Read about Washington Irving
   2. http://www.enotes.com/devil-tom/ -- Read about the Story
4. Find examples in the story of the main characteristics of Tall Tales--link to the handout and complete it.
5. Discover what an Urban Legend is all about by:
   1. Going to the following site and selecting an Urban Legend to read: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors
   2. Going to the following site and discovering how Urban Legends work: http://science.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend1.htm
6. Answer these questions with your partner:
1. In what ways are Urban Legends and Folk Tales similar?
2. How\Why do Urban Legends become so popular and well-known
7. Watch Mrs. Bassi's Legend.
   
8. Select a topic for your tall tale video. It can be anything about which you can create a tall tale. For example, Mr. Smith is actually Elvis reincarnated, what causes our school to have that "smell," what lives under the school --if you go through the hole in the floor in Mrs. Engelbrecht's room, you might find out, what Mr. Hershfelt does on his b-days, why you really can't go behind Mrs. White's desk, etc., etc., etc.
9. Create an outline for the story by making a storyboard. You can click on the link to get a blank storyboard. http://www.csupomona.edu/~wcweber/325/storybd.htm
1. Learn how to use Microsoft MovieMaker. Class instruction will be given. You can also use the following links for additional help adn review:
   1. http://216.124.253.252/staffdevelop.html (find the link to MovieMaker)
   2. PDF --Complete Documentation on MovieMaker
10. Make your movie -- be sure to review the task and evaluation to make sure you have all of the components
    1. be at least 2 minutes in length
    2. have video, music/sound, pictures
    3. use the setting of Franklin CUSD 1
    4. use exaggerations
    5. have a main character with a problem to solve
    6. have a main character who is bigger than life and have superhuman abilities
    7. have a plot that is funny and impossible
    8. in the end, have a main character who solves a problme, overcomes an obstacle and/or defeats a "bad guy"
    9. have lots of action
    10. Click here to link to evaluation